I was listening to the MJ show this morning on 93.3FLZ. I normally listen to Sirius, but I was driving my husband’s car. MJ mentioned a promotion he’s doing where they give away plastic surgery procedures, and also mentioned that they’ve been doing this at that particular radio station for years…since before he worked there. He then shared the store of how he read about the promo (before he worked there) in a trade magazine, back in 1989, when the radio station was called…the Power Pig.

Holy moly, what a blast from the past! Those of you who lived in Tampa back then probably remember the big ratings war between the Power Pig and Q105, which at that time, was a pop / top 40 station. I had forgotten about the station being referred to as Power Pig, and it brought back some happy memories of me in my room at home, listening to it at night while I did my homework.

Q105 was my favorite station though, and they did this feature called Top 5 At Nine. You could call in and you’d be able to introduce one of the top songs. It usually went something like this:

::cue breathy, fast, 12 year old girls voice::

Hi, this is Colleen and I go to Tarpon Springs Middle School - go Spartans! I want to say hi to Kerry and Kerri and Jen and Jenn and Christy and Chris and Mike and Mark! The #3 song is “Hangin’ Tough” by New Kids On The Block - I love them so much! See ya!

Come on, who else called the top 5 at 9?